Sultans Of Swing

Dire Straits, 5m 50sec

Sultans Of Swing

Lyrics

Dire Straits

You get a shiver in the dark, It's a raining in the park but meantime-South of the river you stop and you hold everythingA band is blowing Dixie, double four timeYou feel alright when you hear the music ringWell now you step inside but you don't see too many facesComing in out of the rain they hear the jazz go downCompetition in other placesUh but the horns they blowin' that soundWay on downsouthWay on downsouthLondon townCheck out guitar george, he knows-all the chordsMind he's strictly rhythm he doesn't want to make them cry or singThey said an old guitar is all, he can afford

When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't, make the sceneHe's got a daytime job, he's doing alrightHe can play the honky tonk like anythingSavin' it up, for Friday nightWith the SultansWe're the Sultans of SwingThen a crowd a young boys they're a foolin' around in the cornerDrunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform solesThey don't give a damn about any trumpet playin' bandIt ain't what they call rock and rollThen the SultansYeah the Sultans they play creole, creole

And then the man he steps right up to the microphoneAnd says at last just as the time bell ringsGoodnight, now it's time to go homeAnd he makes it fast with one more thing

We are the SultansWe are the Sultans of Swing

Written by KNOPFLER, MARKPublished by Universal Music Publishing Group